All posts tagged "shakespeare theatre company"
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Oh, Henry
Like 16th century versions of the biopic, Shakespeare’s Richard II, Henry IV (Parts 1 and 2), and Henry V, contemplate fascinating lives through an auteur’s...
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Fabulous Forums
''For us there can be no happiness,'' Hero says, direly, to the woman he loves, Philia, in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to...
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It's a Thin Line
It is hard to see Yael Farber's play Mies Julie without reflecting on J.M. Coetzee's extraordinary novel Disgrace. Both set in post-apartheid South Africa, each...
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VelocityDC Shines Light on Local Dance Scene
No one refers to Washington as a capital, or even a hotbed, of dance. But a growing number of nationally known dance companies do call...
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Tempters and the Tempted
Offered through the lens of a debauched 1930s Vienna, the Shakespeare Theatre Company's Measure for Measure is thinking well outside the box. Using a cabaret...
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Dakshina’s Indian Arts Festival Kicks off Tonight
Tonight, Sept. 20, is the launch of Dakshina/Daniel Phoenix Singh Dance Company’s 10th Annual Fall Festival of Indian Arts at the Shakespeare Theatre’s Sidney Harman...
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Last Chance for the Potter Parody
“We’re still pinching ourselves and waiting for somebody to realize that we are just two guys running around dressed up as wizards,” jokes Daniel Clarkson...
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Harried: ''Potted Potter''
Daniel Clarkson has a valid fear of “Potterheads.” “These people come dressed up with all their wands,” he says about fans of Harry Potter. “Although...
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Memoirandum
This Monday, June 10, at Harman Hall, comic actress Rachel Dratch will read from celebrity autobiographies -- just not her own. ''Actually, when I was...
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Wintry Mix
There are two challenges to Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale. The first is protagonist King Leontes's near-instantaneous and murderous conviction that his pregnant queen Hermione is...
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War Torn: ''Wallenstein''
Playing in rep with Coriolanus, the Shakespeare Theatre Company's Wallenstein offers another angle on a powerful military man falling fatally from grace. As extraordinary as...
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Mother Lode
It's no surprise Coriolanus isn't staged as often as Shakespeare's other tragedies -- the protagonist is as inscrutable as he is excitable, the battle scenes...
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BillT for Dance
''Bill is a genius,'' says Chris Jennings. ''The show epitomizes his genius. It's the perfect blend of music, dance and theater -- a completely unique...
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Back to the Bard
''Elizabethan London and contemporary Washington, D.C., probably have more in common than any two other cities,'' says Ethan McSweeny. It's because of that link that...
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Fairy Dust
Enchantingly atmospheric and often funny, the Shakespeare Theatre Company's A Midsummer Night's Dream is rich with love's intangibles: wistfulness, a touch of cynicism, and its...
